Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1. Name of company

ST IVES PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED NOTIFICATION

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED NOTIFICATION

5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH

10. Date of transaction

23RD SEPTEMBER 2005

11. Date company informed

23RD SEPTEMBER 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

4,172,727

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.03%

14. Any additional information

ST IVES PLC'S ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL AS AT 26TH SEPTEMBER 2005 IS 103,546,645
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

PHILIP HARRIS TELEPHONE: [phone]

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

PHILIP HARRIS, COMPANY SECRETARY, ST IVES PLC

Date of notification 26TH SEPTEMBER 2005

LETTER TO ST IVES PLC ON LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED HEADED
PAPER

23 September, 2005

St Ives plc

St Ives House

Lavington Street

London

SE1 0NX

Attn: Company Secretary

Disclosure of Interest in shares Under Section 198

Please find below the details of the notifiable interest of Legal & General
Group plc and/or its subsidiaries in the relevant share capital of your
company:

Material Interest

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945               38,751           
                                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775254              394,900           
                                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206            3,174,545           
                                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203              175,560           
                                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 916681                5,000           
                                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995              238,971           
                                                                               
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509              145,000           
                                                                               
                                                           4,172,727      4.03%

We currently have a notifiable interest in 4,172,727 Ordinary 10p shares which
we understand represents 4.03% of that class of your share capital calculated
on an issued share capital of 103,481,071 Ordinary 10p shares.

Should you wish to discuss any aspect of this notification, please do not
hesitate to contact Helen Lewis on 020 7528 6742.

Yours faithfully,

Helen Lewis, Authorised Signatory

Helen Tasker, Authorised Signatory